Examiner Jae Liang

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2025 (10 months ago).

Examiner Jae Liang appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 95.7%, they average 1.14 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.14

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 12 years (2014-2025)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2910 - Design Workgroups 2910

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 587
Granted Applications: 562
Non-Granted Applications: 25
Avg OA / Grant: 1.14
Last OA Observed: May 2025 (10 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2914 , 2919 , 2932
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

2910 - Design Workgroups 2910

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	95.7%	1.14
Art Unit	24	94.1%	1.25
Group	24	94.1%	1.25
Tech Center	486	94.9%	1.20
USPTO	16,116	54.8%	1.98

Grant Timeline

Shaded region marks the last two observed years, where grant outcomes may lag due to recency.

Year	Applications	Granted	Grant Rate
No observed data before 2014; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2014	18	18	100.0%
2015	58	56	96.6%
2016	55	50	90.9%
2017	90	89	98.9%
2018	97	86	88.7%
2019	98	95	96.9%
2020	76	74	97.4%
2021	40	40	100.0%
2022	49	48	98.0%
2023	1	1	100.0%
2024	4	4	100.0%
2025	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

562 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	595	0.0%	6.7%	6.6%	74.6%
2	86	0.0%	17.4%	11.6%	52.3%
3	11	0.0%	45.5%	27.3%	18.2%
4	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	66.7%